https://open.spotify.com/episode/4SV4Ia3fnQ56Y2mMMoJxqZ?si=f88ef074aa6d4266 An emotional tribute to a dear old friend gone to roam the fields up above.
Selections for Fairyhouse – Jan. 1st 2023
12.15: HARMONIYA MAKER (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 12.50: AN MHI - EW - (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.25: DONTLETTHEOLDMANIN (SIMON TORRENS/TONY MARTIN) 2.00: JESINA - EW - (C. SMITHERS (7)/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 2.35: DOLCITA (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) Dolcita bids for another Fairyhouse win 3.10: JAMES DU BERLAIS (DARYL JACOB/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.45: BANJAXED - EW - (PAT TAAFFE (7)/LORNA... Continue Reading →
Trusting your own judgement and reserving it on others
One of the perhaps lesser known drawbacks of dealing with depression, or indeed any mental health difficulty is the ferocity and rapidity with which it can decimate a body's confidence. Conversely, it can then take millennia to rebuild. Thus, having got myself physically and mentally strong enough to go to the Fairyhouse Winter Festival, there... Continue Reading →
Selections for Fairyhouse – Dec. 3rd 2022
11.35: LARGY DEBUT - EW - (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 12.07: WHISKY LULLABY (JODY TOWNEND (3)/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.42: DANCING ON MY OWN - EW - (JJ SLEVIN/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 1.17: JOYEAUX MACHIN - EW - (SEAN O'KEEFFE/PAUL NOLAN) Joyeaux Machin is one of a number of exciting young horses in the care of Paul Nolan... Continue Reading →
Selections for Fairyhouse – Nov. 8th 2022
12.20: NATIVE GOLD - EW - (PHILIP ENRIGHT/EDDIE CAWLEY) 12.50: LESSOFTHENEGATIVITY - EW - (PADDY O'HANLON (5)/ANDY MCNAMARA) 1.22: CHARLIE LUCIANO BRYAN COOPER/NOEL MEADE) 1.52: THE SHORT GO (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.22: ERIC BLOODAXE (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.52: BANADA BRIDGE - EW - (DARRAGH O'KEEFFE/DENISE FOSTER) 'Sneezy' Foster has a fine strike rate with... Continue Reading →
Selections for Fairyhouse – Oct. 8th 2022
2.10: HAPPY DEX (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.45: GRAND ROI (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.20: DIRECT IMAGE - EW - (MIKE O'SULLIVAN (2*) /ROBERT TYNER) 3.55: HAZELHATCH LADY - EW - (DEREK O'CONNOR/JAMES FAHEY) 4.30: THE DASHER CONWAY - EW - (KEITH DONOGHUE/GILLIAN CALLAGHAN) The Dasher Conway has got Gillian Callaghan up and running again 5.05: UNLAOISED... Continue Reading →
Selections for Fairyhouse – Sept. 19th 2022
3.20: APPROACHING BEAR (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 3.50: NATIVE QUEEN (MIKEY SHEEHY/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 4.20: MULLACASH BUZZ (JACK CLEARY (4*)/THOMAS DOWLING) 4.50: ONE SMALL STEP - EW - (WAYNE LORDAN/KEVIN COLEMAN) 5.20: THUNDERBEAR (LUKE MCATEER (3)/JACK DAVISON) 5.50: CORALLILLO (CHRIS HAYES/E&P HARTY) Eddie and Patrick Harty have received the backing of the powerful Middleham Park Racing... Continue Reading →
Selections for Fairyhouse – July 10th 2022
1.55: BASIL MARTINI (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 2.30: PLANKTON (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 3.05: DRAGONS CALL - EW - (KEVIN MANNING/JOHNNY FEANE) 3.40: DANDYVILLE - EW - (RONAN WHELAN/JACK DAVISON) 4.15: AFFOGATO (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 4.50: EXPLORERS WAY (JAKE COEN (7)/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 5.25: SHE'S GOOD COMPANY - EW - (CIAN MACREDMOND (5)/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS)
Selections for Fairyhouse – June 10th 2022
4.45: APACHE OUTLAW (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 5.20: JUPITER EXPRESS - EW - (JOEY SHERIDAN (3)/KEN CONDON) 5.55: MOSS TUCKER (JOEY SHERIDAN (3)/KEN CONDON) Joey Sheridan in the Aga Khan silks 6.30: SAN ANDREAS (HUGH HORGAN (7)/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 7.05: HARRY'S LEGACY (WAYNE LORDAN/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 7.40: SILENT PRAYER - EW - (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 8.15: DRACO... Continue Reading →
Selections for Fairyhouse – May 27th 2022
5.20: RECURRENT DREAM (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 5.50: JAAFEL - EW - (DAN KING (7)/DENIS HOGAN) 6.20: BROADHURST (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN) 6.50: SAN ANDREAS (HUGH HORGAN (7)/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) Hugh Horgan 7.20: CHERRY BLOOM (BILLY LEE/GILLIAN SCOTT) 7.50: CNODIAN - EW - (NATHAN CROSSE (3)/WILLIE MCCREERY) 8.20: KARKIYNA (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH)